Leica – Page 2 – 12D Wiki Beta Test

Show Options (V14)

The second button from the right of the 12d Field Control Bar, when pressed, opens the 12d Field Options menu panel. The list of options in the Options menu are: Station Setup - When pressed opens up the Station Setup menu panel Checks - When pressed opens up the checks (Setout) menu panel Setout - When pressed opens up the [...]

TPS Settings

The yellow button, third from the left, on the 12d Field instrument control bar opens up the 12d Field - TPS Settings panel. This panel allows the user to control the instruments measurement parameters and settings. The 12d Field - TPS Settings panel is divided into four tabbed sections. Settings Windows Measurements Other The Settings [...]

Target Heights

The first button on the left of the control bar is used to display the current height of target, and when pressed opens up the "12d Field - Target Heights Panel". This panel is used to change the current target height. Target heights can be changed by using one of the three options on this [...]

Instrument Control Bar (TPS)

Once the instrument has been set and succsessfuly connected to 12d Field, two panels will appear. The "12dField - Current Setup Details" panel is showing the relative information for current setup. 12d Field will remember the setup details from when 12d Field was used last. The other panel is the 12d Field Instrument Control Bar, [...]

Instrument Selection – Available Instruments Toggling

The instruments list is populated by the ‘12dF_INSTRUMENT_SELECTION.4D’ file. This file is created by default in the ‘user’ folder when you first start 12d Field. The ‘user’ folder is C:\12d\14.00\user\ You can change the available instruments by editing this file. Use a text editor to edit the file (Notepad is best – DO NOT USE WordPad [...]

Setup and Configuration

If this is the first time you are a connecting a specific instrument 12d Field, You will need to refer one of the following links, depending on the instrument brand and model, prior to continuing on this page. Visit this Post: Connecting Leica TS15, TS16, MS50 & MS60 to 12d Field or Visit this Post: [...]

Connecting Leica TS15, TS16, MS50 & MS60 to 12d Field

Pre-Start Checklist Check with C.R. Kennedy that your Leica Instrument has the 3rd Party GEOCOM Module licence activated. This allows the Leica Instrument to use 3rd Party applications like 12d Field and provides the correct communications for power searching etc. Have the RH16 Radio Handle connected to the top of the Leica Instrument. This allows [...]

Leica Roadrunner DBX Files

Creating the Leica DBX files is a two step process: 12d Model creates an XML file of the road strings, then the data in the XML file is converted into Leica DBX files. The conversion of the XML file into Leica DBX files is done using software provided to 12d by Leica. The DBX files [...]